On Nov 18, 10:43 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> [snip] .... When my wife ordered one in a
> hotel restaurant near in Verdun France it was an entire avocado sliced
> and laid in a circle around a pile of shrimp salad and a dozen peel and
> eat shrimp on top. It was supposed to be the appetizer, but by the time
> she finished it she was stuffed, and it was too late to cancel the steak
> that she had ordered.

I like this idea for service better than the big mound in a half
avocado that I was envisioning. Might still limit it to half an
avocado, sliced, but with a good-sized portion of shrimp. Speaking of
the shrimp, should I buy a medium size instead of the usual large that
I get for other uses? I'm now thinking small dice of celery and red
bell pepper but still undecided about the dressing. -aem